Chatham Island merganser
| Chatham Island merganser Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Mergus |
| Species: | †M. milleneri
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| Binomial name | |
| †Mergus milleneri Williams & Tennyson, 2014
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The Chatham Island merganser or Chatham merganser (Mergus milleneri) is an extinct species of merganser duck.[1]
The Chatham Islands merganser is known only from fossils and not much is known about the bird. It was the smallest of all Mergus species. Fossil records indicate it was widespread on Chatham Island but not on the smaller nearby islands.
The binomial name refers to Dr Philip Millener, to recognise his work in collecting material on the species.
See also[]
- Auckland merganser
References[]
- ^ Tennyson, A.J.D. (2015). "Chatham Island merganser". nzbirdsonline.org.nz. New Zealand Birds Online. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Mergus
- Late Quaternary prehistoric birds
- Quaternary birds of Oceania
- Birds of the Chatham Islands
- Extinct birds of New Zealand
- Extinct birds of subantarctic islands
- Holocene extinctions
- Birds described in 2014
- Fossil taxa described in 2014
- Anseriformes stubs
- Prehistoric bird stubs